full-disclosure - Fw: [TOTALLY OT] Google fun

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Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.2.20040129202034.042508a8@pop3.direcway.com>
From: madsaxon at direcway.com (madsaxon)
Subject: Fw: [TOTALLY OT] Google fun

At 04:16 PM 1/29/2004 +0100, Nico Golde wrote:

>how does such a google bombing work?

Hi Nico,

One of the ways Google determines ranking is by how many
links exist to a given site or object.  If you convince a number
of people to provide a link from the word "bastards"
pointing to www.sco.com, Google assumes it's a popular site
for that topic and ranks it accordingly.

m5x